Map of Germany
The map of Germany locates published knife attacks, knife threats, and robbery or extortion cases involving a knife. Each point represents one documented case; locations remain limited to an approximate area to protect the people affected.
Period, federal state, case type, injury outcome and place together determine which published cases appear.
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During a dispute at an Augsburg restaurant, one of two suspects allegedly threatened a 31-year-old man with what appeared to be a knife. Two men sustained minor injuries in a subsequent physical confrontation.
An unknown man threatened two employees with a knife at a shoe shop in Celle and took cash.
Three men are alleged to have attacked a tourist in Cologne’s old town. One of them is said to have used a knife to force him to hand over his bag.
A 34-year-old man threatened police officers in Alsdorf with two knives after barricading himself in an apartment following an argument. A special police unit then took him into custody unharmed.
A 25-year-old man allegedly threatened two men with a knife after a dispute at a Chemnitz fast-food restaurant and slightly injured one of them.
Four unidentified youths allegedly threatened a boy with a knife and demanded cash in VS-Schwenningen. They fled after finding nothing of value on him.
An unidentified man threatened an employee at a fashion store in Hamburg with a knife and stole cash. He fled, and the initial police search did not locate him.
A man threatened a woman with a knife at Freiburg concert hall and took 180 euros. Officers arrested the suspect after he fled.
A 19-year-old man suffered knife cuts to his arms during a private dispute outside workers' accommodation in Memmingerberg. A 27-year-old suspect was remanded in custody.
A 24-year-old man allegedly tried to injure an acquaintance with a multitool knife after an argument in a bar in Reichenbach.
A resident detained a suspected burglar who produced a butterfly knife during the confrontation. Both men sustained minor injuries.
A 55-year-old man allegedly threatened several people with a folding knife in a Munich shop. Police overpowered him and seized the knife.
A man allegedly threatened a couple with a knife and demanded cash in Waiblingen's Talauenpark. He fled with a small amount of money.
Three people were injured in connected altercations in Römhild, including a man who sustained superficial cuts.
A man threatened a fellow passenger with a kitchen knife on a regional train and demanded valuables. He later injured four federal police officers in an attack at the police station.
Three men armed with a knife allegedly attacked two women in a detached house in Kaarst and stole cash and jewellery. One woman sustained minor injuries.
A man allegedly threatened passers-by with a knife in Bremen. Specialist officers later secured him and a small child he was holding; both were uninjured.
A man is alleged to have injured at least one member of a group with a kitchen knife after a dispute on a Munich commuter train.
During an argument in Künzelsau, a man is alleged to have waved a pocketknife in front of another man. The other man suffered a minor hand injury while defending himself.
Three offenders allegedly robbed a man at his home in Lünen, threatened him with a knife and extorted money.
